It is really hard to refrain from eating, especially when feeling hungry is not the only reason to eat. In today's developed world socialization includes the art of conducting business over eating and drinking. Similarly, we meet friends and woo dates by seeking places featuring cheap eats and drinks. As communal participants we eat to celebrate, collaborate, and commiserate. Consuming food is also a means for individuals' to cope with the stress. Back in an era of few affordable low calorie food options, I was gaining so much weight studying for the bar examination that I attempted to take up smoking. The latter vice promised a distraction similar to eating as well as a potential appetite...
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